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Permalink Reply by Tiberculosis on January 24, 2017 at 7:43am

This one?

https://youtu.be/MpBLgz0DjQ4

The world of spin bikes/spin classes is a little different. I think this is their market. Could you use this as a trainer? Sure, but why wouldn't just buy a cycleops or similar trainer?

I like a good spin class, sadly there are some pretty bad instructors but mind you, this is coming from a cyclist perspective. Some classes are jumping all over on the bike, things you would likely never do on a bike, in the street. Did you happen to see the 5lb weights at the back of the Peloton bike? I don't have those in my saddle bag either. The good instructors, to me at least, are the ones reminding you to keep your upper body loose but steady, to make your legs do the work. Core work.

This bike looks like those you'd find in a spin class. They are pretty modular in terms of adjustment. Disposable income, miles away from civilization without a spin class or roads, sure.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy L. Fagin on January 24, 2017 at 8:18am

Many thanks for your note.  When I see the television ad, I keep wondering why the woman/actress is jumping all over her seat, wasting alot of energy.  I haven't started yelling at the television screen to tell her to stop bouncing!  Never done spin classes, (never will), so I'll stick to biking in the streets.

The most exciting thing I do is "post" over pot holes and lumps of asphalt. Posting is what you do when riding a horse/English saddle - letting the legs take the shock and the tempo.

Again, many thanks!
Nancy 

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